belch
noun
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L20921 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to void wind noisily from stomach through mouth; to eructate, burp
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛltʃ/
name
Etymology: Variant of Balch.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.
- An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.
“The hotel coffee machine gurgles out an acrid belch.”
- Malt liquor.
“c. 1699, John Dennis, letter to Mr. Collier Porters would no longer be drunk with Belch”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.
- To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
“'Tis not a year or two shows us a man: They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; To eat us hungerly, and when they are full, They belch us.”
“1746, attributed to Jonathan Swift, "A Love Poem form a Physician to his Mistress," http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14353/pg14353-images.html When I an amorous kiss design'd, I belch'd a hurricane of wind.”
- To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.
“Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.”
“Within the gates of hell sat Sin and Death, In counterview within the gates, that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame Far into Chaos […].”